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Glass Half Empty or Half Full - How do you see it?

Glass Half Empty or Half Full - How do you see it?

Why is it that, for so many people, the glass seems half empty instead half full?  Why do so many of us go straight to the worst-case scenario?

Why isn’t it a thing to go to the best-case scenario?  Or, more directly: what we really want?

I remember a time when I had certain beliefs, ideas, and stories I’d ride or die with. For example, I thought I was a good person only if I sacrificed myself for others’ benefits.  And of course, that meant putting my own needs on the back burner.

In time, I came to realize that was not serving me, or anyone else for that matter.  I was only hurting myself because I was not being honest with myself about what I truly wanted.

I didn’t yet realize that if I focused on the goodness in life, more would come.  However, I soon discovered a new way to be.